Comments about ‘Republican legislators, ex-senator call on U.S. House to pass immigration reform’

We can't afford another amnesty. The last two did nothing to stop people
from coming here illegally, dying in the desert, separating their families,
stealing ids and jobs, social security numbers and committing perjury, nor did
they stop business from hiring people here illegally (felony). We cannot afford
another one.

I am sad some of our state leaders want more of the
same, on a much larger scale.

According to a new poll by Pulse Opinion Research, 2 out of every 3 Americans
oppose the Obama-Boehner immigration plan that would give work permits to
illegal aliens before enforcement measures are fully put in place.

The most popular option was to remove the ability of illegal aliens to have
U.S. jobs and benefits, and to encourage them to return to their home
countries.

Our state leaders need to represent the voters, not the
business community. I will remember that as I go to vote today.

My biggest complaint is the E-Verify system. This is a massive, privately-owned
database that would need to have ID information for any working adult in the
nation in order to be effective. That is a huge target for hackers and a huge
risk for a public company selling information to outside groups. I work in the
software industry. E-verify is ripe for problems. Look at other large databases
- the no-fly list and the federal health care databases come to mind.

In 1995, I was paying my construction crews on average 10.00 - 11.00 per hour
for general labor. I was paying my foremen 13.00-16.00 per hour and I was even
able to offer heath insurance. Back then it was at least a living wage. By 1998
my direct competitors were paying illegal help 6.00 - 8.00 per hour. I could not
compete. I tried to keep things going following all the rules and I got my
behind kicked.

The immigration reform that allows a path to
citizenship has already come at the expense of my own citizenship. I am not
alone, in fact there are millions of us who have paid and are paying a very
heavy price.

The State leaders and Jake Garn who sent this letter,
will soon be paying the same price. It is inevitable.

Jake,, I respectfully disagree.. the system is broke because we look the other
way,, fail to enforce the existing laws, provide safe haven.. We now are being
overrun, a mass exodus is in progress from Mexico and Central America.. The
amnesty of the Regan years should have taught us a lesson.. it did not.. The
influx of illegals across our southern borders, the 10 of thousands young men of
late, supports the theory of a never ending trend our country cannot
support..

We need a crackdown,,not a amnesty or a feel good
immigration reform.. We need to send a signal,, not offer a free pass. We need
to severely punish anyone found hiring these people, directly, indirectly, that
would be the best reform and signal we could send south..

Otherwise,,
we should release every American incarcerated for Fraud, Identity theft, Tax
evasion or other crimes associated with illegal immigration.

“The current system is broken, and the United States cannot afford to wait
any longer to fix it,”

How would anyone know if our immigration
system is broken. They have not used it in years.Do we have so many jobs
that we need to import labor?Will unskilled illegal immigrants help our
own unskilled labor force by competing with them for the few jobs they qualify
for?

I know of engineers who are being required to train foreign
workers to replace them. How would you like that?

Please explain how
more unskilled illegal immigrants are going to help America.

No "immigration reform" until the border is secure. And that means a
fence along the entire border equal to the San Diego sector fence, which has
proven very effective. Also, our immigration laws should be as least as tough
as Mexico's are.

Why do you think obama essentially has an open door from the
south? He WANTS as many illegals as possible because they all fit into the
democrat demographic. Generally poor and in need of some type of government
assistance.

This will all work for the politicians but as usual there
is nothing in this that will help regular law-abiding citizens.

By
the way, I was Canadian and spent years legally immigrating to this country to
finally get my citizenship after many years of paperwork, long lines, and
fees.

Guess I should have take our Presidents lead and just broken
the law and saved myself all the trouble.

I wish someone would tell me what's "broken" about our immigration
system - besides the fact that BOTH political parties don't enforce the
existing law much at all.

There are MANY unfortunate results of no
immigration enforcement.1. the "middle-class" is being depressed
more and more since they are the ones who WILL get stuck with the bills due to
having 30 million unskilled, low-wage workers in the United States.2. our
OWN citizens need jobs.3. Canada and Great Britain are seeing the
mistakes they made with letting in untold numbers of immigrants - and have begun
"shutting down the spigot". France is on the same track, they've
determined that they simply can't put up with the numbers of immigrants and
even have become concerned that they are losing much of their national
"identity" as the result of decades of unchecked immigration.4
similar to "JDL" above, some employers choose to OBEY the law, why
should they be penalized by having to compete in the same industries that pay
substandard wages?

Have we become so lawless a country that
we've decided to actually REWARD illegal immigrant trespassers'
behavior?

Immigration is just another example of Washington DC (and now Capitol Hill SLC)
thinking they know better than the citizens what is good for them. We need more
Mike Lees, Jason Chavitz, and Mia Love's to turn things around.

Who promised that amnesty
was the silver bullet to illegal immigration?

Reagan and the repubs
and their greedy big business campaign contributors. Even Bush wanted to push
amnesty down our throats.

Amnesty will be the final death knell into
the American middle-class. The few remaining jobs will be given the cheaper
illegal labor. Big corp, agriculture, and construction love this.

The rich and the repubs know that the American dream for many middle-class
workers is on life support. They are looking to pull the plug.

It's time we pull the plug on these amnesty loving officials. It's
time to pull the it on big business overriding the will of the American people.
I ask conservatives and liberals to join with me. Money isn't free speech.
Let's pass an amendment banning all campaign contributors. Let's force
our reps to represent us. Let's severely punish all businesses that break
our laws and lets ship the illegals out. If you want to come here, please, come!
But do it the legal way.

When Wayne Niederhauser ran for state senate back in 2006 against Jim Bennett
and Bryson Garbett, he sent out an ad claiming he opposed illegal immigration.
Nice to see him NOT keeping his promise (which he broke almost immediately after
winning the election).

Why would anyone trust these people? Wayne
Niederhauser, Orrin Hatch, Marco Rubio, Eric Cantor, Jeff Flake, John McCain,
and so many others all ran for office claiming to oppose amnesty. Then they
changed their tune. Why trust them?

What is
broken is the politically motivated lack of enforcement of those laws.

Pass new laws, and without any change in enforcement, those too will be
colossal failures with rampant illegal immigration. (To be ready to take
advantage of the next amnesty deal that will inevitably be passed.)

If we want to co immigration reform, it must begin with securing the border,
and no other changes until the border is proven to be secure! Then we can talk
about a process to get people here illegally placed at the back of the line to
eventually get legal status.

Anything less is abandonment of the rule
of law and proof that not a single person need follow any laws at all in our
country in the future.

There is nothing Christian in encouraging people to
lie, steal and covet, a Christian would teach the legal (honest) path. Only by
stopping the law breaking, the surge of children, and the identify theft, do we
show true love.

It's top bad the Churches did not complain when
the laws were not being enforced. Nor did they hold their members who hired
people here illegally responsible.

I will not support nor donate to any of the listed politicians or others who
support amnesty in this "reform" bill. They do not represent my
thoughts on this matter at all.

We need to gain complete and actual
control of our borders first and foremost.

We need to identify all
illegal aliens, including overstays of visas and those who have not lived up to
the conditions of their visas.

We need to shorten the path to
citizenship for those in line and who have made good faith efforts to follow the
rules.

We have massive unemployment of our citizens already. We do
not need more unskilled, uneducated, semi-literate English speaking labor to
undercut our own citizen's as they struggle to make a living in their own
country.

I do think that those who are in favor of this amnesty
could show their humanity and magnanimity by sponsoring an illegal immigrant or
family while they complete the process for a green card or visa. The sponsor is
responsible for all costs and the taxpayers are held harmless.

If
they are so keen on illegal aliens living in the US, then they sign up to be a
sponsor.

SLars,Dieter Uchtdorf and the leaders of the Mormon church disagree with
you. Their stance is clear - we must legalize.

"We follow Jesus
Christ by loving our neighbors. The meaning of neighbor; includes all of
God's children, in all places, at all times.We recognize an
ever-present need to strengthen families. Families are meant to be together.
Forced separation of working parents from their children weakens families and
damages society."